Clothes or garment hanger



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Patented et. 10, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT oEElcE 2,360,119 cLo'rnEs on GARMENT HANGER William M. Gallagher, Oklahoma City, Okla. Application April 2a, 1942, serial No. 440,233 2 claims. cci. 22a-89) This invention relates to a garment or clothes hanger.

It is aimed to provide a construction which will enable garments, articles of clothing or the like of different sizes to be hung or accommodated on the same hanger and yet be tted by the hanger, rather than producing, in most instances,

bulging in the material or a drooping eiect to the shoulders of the garment.

A prime object of the invention is to provide a hanger which is adjustable in order to ace commodate or fit the garment or .the like.

A further object is to provide a hanger having one or more extensions which are slidably adjustable and adapted to be held in the different adjusted positions by spring action or friction.

The more specific objects and advantages will become apparent :from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawing illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawing:

, Figure 1 is a view in proved hanger;

Figure 2 is a detail on an enlarged scale, showing one of the hanger extensions in central verfelevation showing the imtical sections and in combination with thev adjacent portion of the hanger in elevation; Figure 3 is a cross section taken on the line 3-3'in Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view corresponding to Figure 2 taken through a modiiied form.

Referring speciiically to the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate like or similar parts, a conventional hanger is shown at I which is made, for instance, from a single strand of metallic wire or the equivalent, embodying an open frame like structure having oppositely inclined supporting portions II conforming to the angle of most garment shoulders. Portions II are joined by a base portion I2 and at their other extremities are twisted together at I3 and terminate in a hookv I4 whereby it may be suspended asusual.

In accordance with my invention, both ends of the frame are equipped with an element I5. Each element I5 at the terminals has sleeves I6 and I1, which completely surround the portions I I and I2, respectively, or at least surround them more than onehundred and eighty degrees so that they will not become detached.` Extensions I5 between the sleeves I6 and Il are arcuate and preferably semi-circular as shown in Figure 3.

Attention is called to the fact that the elements I5 may be made of, any suitable material which willgive them spring or resilient action and, for instance, metallic wire, wood, laminated products, paper, plastics and the like, or any combination thereof, and is especially adapted for manufacture out of material other than metal during the present emergency.

Particular attention is called to the fact that the elements I5 are generally of U-shape and that they are under tension so as to tend to move I1 toward each other in The extensions are slid-1 ably mounted so that they may be moved from the full line positions in Figures 1 and 2 to the dotted line positions of Figure 1 and any intermediate positions or other extended positions, and be held in such an extended or adjusted position by the spring clasps or friction action between the sleeves I6 and I1 and the portions Ii and i2, In this manner, both ends of the hanger may be extended to t garments of various sizes and in addition it will be noted that the angle of the upper portion of the extensions also decreases slightly in proportion to the extent of their extension or projection, in order to better iit the angle of the coat or garment.

The hanger I'instead of being made of metallic wire may also be made of the same materials as the extensions i5, especially where the conservation of metal is a desideratum.

y A modified form is shown in Figure 4 which corresponds 'to the first form except the base of the hanger here designated i2' instead of i2 is provided with corrugations or serrations as at I8. The extension is here sleeves I1' corresponds to that at I'i. Sleeves I1' has a bore enlarged relative to the size of the portions I 2 and interiorally has corrugations or serrations I9 corresponding with those at I8 and adapted to intert therewith. The extension I5' is slidable' or adjustable in the same manner as the extension II but may be more positively held in adjusted positions through the interengagement of the corrugations or serra tions I8 and I9. Corrugations I8 will be held engaged due to' the resilience or clasp action of the extension I5', since it is made of the same at their sleeves it and the manner of clasps.

materials as the extension II, and disengagedesignated I5" and i.

a frame having U-shaped portions including approximately straight members, and extension means mounted on each of said portions for adjustment to diierent positions according to the size of a garment or article to be suspended thereon, said means each comprising an element generally of U-shape, adapted to normally intimately t and conforming to the shape of the adjacent portion oi' said frame, said extension means being provided with axially aligned relatively long sleeves at the terminals thereof surrounding said members of the frame, said elements being tensioned whereby said sleeves tend to move relatively to each other, said elements between said sleeves being concave-convex in cross section with the concave surface facing the frame.

2. A hanger of the class described comprising a frame havingV U-shaped portions including approximately straight members, extension means mounted on each of said portions for adjustment to diil'erent positions according to the size oi a garment or article to be suspended thereon, said means each comprising an element generally of U-shape adapted to normally intimately i'lt and conforming to the shape o1' the adjacent portion of said frame, said extension means being irovided with axially aligned relatively long sleeves at the terminals thereof surrounding said members of the frame, said elements being tensioned whereby said sleeves tend to move relatively to each other, and interengaging means between the frame and the interior of one -of the sleeves of each element, said elements between said sleeves being concavo-convex in cross section with th concave surface facing the frame.

WILLIAM M. GALLAGHER. 

